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A review by toniclark
Seeing Birds in Church Is a Kind of Adieu by Arlene Ang
5.0
I've been reading Arlene Ang's poems for a long time in numerous online journals, but this is the first collection I've read (her fifth!). It certainly won't be the last.
I admire this book for many reasons, not least the startling freshness of image and metaphor. Some have called Ang's poems surreal. They don't see surreal to me anymore. Just beautiful. I was especially drawn to the Sonnenizios, but perhaps my favorite poem is "In Memoriam." It's hard to single out any one, however. They're amazing.
Lynn Levin has written a great review, with some excerpts, at Rattle.com.
And I couldn't agree more.
I admire this book for many reasons, not least the startling freshness of image and metaphor. Some have called Ang's poems surreal. They don't see surreal to me anymore. Just beautiful. I was especially drawn to the Sonnenizios, but perhaps my favorite poem is "In Memoriam." It's hard to single out any one, however. They're amazing.
Lynn Levin has written a great review, with some excerpts, at Rattle.com.
And I couldn't agree more.